Fallen angel

=== Post-Talmudic works ===
The idea of rebel angels in Judaism reappears in the [[Aggadah|Aggadic]]-Midrashic work [[Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer]], which shows not one, but two falls of angels. The first one is attributed to Samael, who refuses to worship [[Adam]] and objects to God favoring Adam over the angels, ultimately descending onto Adam and Eve to tempt them into [[sin]]. This seems rooted in the motif of the fall of [[Iblis]] in the [[Quran]] and the fall of [[Satan]] in the [[Cave of Treasures]].<ref name="Ret">Rachel Adelman ''The Return of the Repressed: Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha'' Brill 2009 {{ISBN|978-90-04-18061-1}} pp. 77–80</ref> The second fall echoes the Enochian narratives. Again, the "sons of God" mentioned in Gen 6:1–4 are depicted as angels. During their fall, their "strength and stature became like the sons of man" and again, they give existence to the giants by intercourse with human women.<ref name="Ret" />